Courses
Master
2025/2026
Introduction to Alternative Media
Category 'Best Course for Career Development'
Category 'Best Course for Broadening Horizons and Diversity of Knowledge and Skills'
Category 'Best Course for New Knowledge and Skills'
Type:
Compulsory course (Contemporary Journalism)
Delivered by:
Institute of Media
When:
1 year, 2 module
Open to:
students of one campus
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
3
Contact hours:
32
2025/2026
Introduction to Applied Cryptography
Type:
Mago-Lego
Delivered by:
Joint Department with Yandex
Where:
Faculty of Computer Science
When:
1, 2 module
Open to:
students of one campus
Language:
Russian
ECTS credits:
6
Contact hours:
56
Master
2025/2026
Introduction to Applied Cryptography
Type:
Elective course (Modern Computer Science)
Delivered by:
Joint Department with Yandex
Where:
Faculty of Computer Science
When:
2 year, 1, 2 module
Open to:
students of one campus
Language:
Russian
ECTS credits:
6
Bachelor
2025/2026
Introduction to Applied Methods of Network Analysis
Type:
Elective course (Political Science)
Delivered by:
School of Politics and Governance
Where:
Faculty of Social Sciences
When:
4 year, 3 module
Open to:
students of all HSE University campuses
Language:
Russian
ECTS credits:
5
Contact hours:
24
Bachelor
2025/2026
Introduction to Applied Methods of Network Analysis
Type:
Compulsory course (Computational Social Sciences)
Delivered by:
School of Politics and Governance
Where:
Faculty of Social Sciences
When:
4 year, 3 module
Open to:
students of all HSE University campuses
Language:
Russian
ECTS credits:
5
Contact hours:
24
Bachelor
2025/2026
Introduction to Applied Methods of Network Analysis
Type:
Compulsory course (Computational Social Sciences)
Delivered by:
School of Politics and Governance
Where:
Faculty of Social Sciences
When:
4 year, 3 module
Open to:
students of all HSE University campuses
Language:
Russian
ECTS credits:
5
Contact hours:
24
Bachelor
2025/2026
Introduction to Applied Political Communications
Type:
Compulsory course (Advertising and Public Relations)
Delivered by:
School of Communication
When:
4 year, 1 module
Open to:
students of one campus
Language:
Russian
ECTS credits:
3
Contact hours:
26
2025/2026
Introduction to Archaeology
Category 'Best Course for Career Development'
Category 'Best Course for Broadening Horizons and Diversity of Knowledge and Skills'
Type:
Mago-Lego
Delivered by:
Centre of Classical and Oriental Archaeology
Where:
Faculty of Humanities
When:
1, 2 module
Open to:
students of all HSE University campuses
Instructors:
Valentina Mordvintseva
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
6
Contact hours:
30
Master
2025/2026
Introduction to Archaeology
Category 'Best Course for Career Development'
Category 'Best Course for Broadening Horizons and Diversity of Knowledge and Skills'
Type:
Elective course (Archaeological Studies)
Delivered by:
Centre of Classical and Oriental Archaeology
Where:
Faculty of Humanities
When:
1 year, 1, 2 module
Open to:
students of all HSE University campuses
Instructors:
Valentina Mordvintseva
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
6
Contact hours:
30
Bachelor
2025/2026
Introduction to Armenian Christianity
Category 'Best Course for New Knowledge and Skills'
Type:
Compulsory course (Christian Orient)
Area of studies:
Asian and African Studies
Delivered by:
Institute for Oriental and Classical Studies
Where:
Faculty of Humanities
When:
5 year, 1, 2 module
Mode of studies:
offline
Open to:
students of all HSE University campuses
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
3
Contact hours:
30
Bachelor
2025/2026
Introduction to Art History
Type:
Elective course (Journalism)
Delivered by:
Institute of Media
When:
4 year, 3 module
Online hours:
30
Open to:
students of one campus
Instructors:
Viktoriya Khlopova
Language:
Russian
ECTS credits:
3
Contact hours:
6
Master
2025/2026
Introduction to Art History
Type:
Elective course (Modern Technologies for Teaching Design and Art)
Delivered by:
HSE Art and Design School
When:
1 year, 1, 2 module
Online hours:
20
Open to:
students of all HSE University campuses
Language:
Russian
ECTS credits:
6
Contact hours:
6
2025/2026
Introduction to Art History
Type:
Mago-Lego
Delivered by:
HSE Art and Design School
When:
1, 2 module
Online hours:
20
Open to:
students of all HSE University campuses
Language:
Russian
ECTS credits:
6
Contact hours:
6
Bachelor
2025/2026
Introduction to Asian and African Studies
Category 'Best Course for Career Development'
Category 'Best Course for Broadening Horizons and Diversity of Knowledge and Skills'
Category 'Best Course for New Knowledge and Skills'
Type:
Compulsory course (Asian and African Studies)
Delivered by:
School of Asian Studies
When:
1 year, 1 module
Open to:
students of one campus
Language:
Russian
ECTS credits:
4
Contact hours:
28
Bachelor
2025/2026
Introduction to Asian Studies
Category 'Best Course for Broadening Horizons and Diversity of Knowledge and Skills'
Category 'Best Course for New Knowledge and Skills'
Type:
Elective course (Foreign Languages and Intercultural Communication)
Delivered by:
Institute for Oriental and Classical Studies
Where:
Faculty of Humanities
When:
1 year, 2, 3 module
Open to:
students of one campus
Language:
Russian
ECTS credits:
4
Bachelor
2025/2026
Introduction to Biblical Archaelogy
Type:
Compulsory course (Biblical Studies and History of Ancient Israel)
Delivered by:
Institute for Oriental and Classical Studies
Where:
Faculty of Humanities
When:
3 year, 2 module
Online hours:
20
Open to:
students of one campus
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
3
Bachelor
2025/2026
Introduction to Biblical studies
Category 'Best Course for New Knowledge and Skills'
Type:
Elective course (Contemporary Literary Studies)
Delivered by:
School of Philological Studies
Where:
Faculty of Humanities
When:
1 year, 2, 3 module
Open to:
students of one campus
Instructors:
Leonid Shulyakov
Language:
Russian
ECTS credits:
3
2025/2026
Introduction to Biblical studies
Type:
Mago-Lego
Delivered by:
Institute for Oriental and Classical Studies
Where:
Faculty of Humanities
When:
1-4 module
Online hours:
20
Open to:
students of all HSE University campuses
Language:
Russian
ECTS credits:
9
Contact hours:
140
Bachelor
2025/2026
Introduction to Blockchain
Type:
Elective course (Applied Mathematics and Information Science)
Delivered by:
Big Data and Information Retrieval School
Where:
Faculty of Computer Science
When:
4 year, 1, 2 module
Open to:
students of one campus
Instructors:
Сизов Илья Игоревич,
Сизов Кирилл Игоревич
Language:
Russian
ECTS credits:
5
Contact hours:
56
Bachelor
2025/2026
Introduction to Blockchain
Type:
Elective course (Economics and Data Science)
Delivered by:
Big Data and Information Retrieval School
Where:
Faculty of Computer Science
When:
4 year, 1, 2 module
Open to:
students of one campus
Language:
Russian
ECTS credits:
5